Automobile-headlight.



W. H, TONNE. AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY17,1909.

952,055, Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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FFTQIEO WILLIAM HENRY ToNNEQor TRENTON, NEW JERS Y.

AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

Application filed May 17, 1909. Serial No. 496,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY.

ToNNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Headlights, of which'the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention is adapted to be used on automobiles for automat cally turning the lamps in the direction in which the machine is traveling, especially when the machine is rounding a corner. It has been .found very inconvenient to have the lamps rigidly connected to the body of the machine, as the light would be thrown upon some distant object, .toone side of the road,

,when the machine is rounding a corner, and

thereby making it impossible for the one driving: the. machine to see. the condition of the road over which the machine is traveling, and, consequently, causing numerous re, 1 is afragmens tary perspective view, s owing my improved lamp-regulating apparatus. attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section takenonline 2-2 of Fig.

1. Fig, 3 .-is a, section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is. a. fragmentary sectional view of-the. outer end of. the. pivoted barmemb'er for swingingthelamp.v 'F1g, 5. is a view of the, connectin link. between the 'swingingmember, and t e lamprsupport.

1 Referring to the drawings by numerals, l design-ates the main axlerto whlch 1s votally secured at its, outer. end the whee supporting and guidingemember. 2, which. guiding member is in turn connected at'itsonter end to a guiding-bar 3, which may be-connected' in the usual manner, for swinging the wheels 7 I A, clamp-member 4: is secured to the main axlel, and saidlclamp-member 4 comprises at primary section 51 andv an auxiliary section (t. The-auxiliary section 6 provided, at

of the link-member 28.

its outer end, with an offset portion 7. The primary and the auxiliary sections are adapted to be clamped together by means of bolts 8. Between the offset end? of the auxiliary section 6, and the outer end of the primary section 5, is adapted to be pivoted an enlarged end 9 of the pivoted bar-member 10 adapted to rotate the lamp-support.

A clamp-member 11 is secured to the guiding-bar 3 and comprises a primary section 12 and an auxiliary section 13. The primary section of the clamp is provided, at its outer end, with anofiset, or upwardlyextending, angle portion 14.

A guiding-bolt 15 is secured tothe outer end 14 0f the primary section of the clamp 11 and the' outer end of the auxiliary section and is rotatably mounted thereon. The guidin -bolt 15 is provided intermediate its-en s with an enlarged portion 16, which enlarged portion 16 is adapted to prevent the guiding-bolt 15 from any downward movement and the cotter pin 17 is.

adapted to bepass ed through the lower end of the guiding-bolt 15,,and it will, there; fore, be obvious that the guiding-bolt 15 will be held againstany upward, or downward, movement through the medium of the enlarged portion 16 and the cotter pin 17.

The guidlng-bolt 15 is provided, at its upper. end, with a yoke, or U-shaped portion and. 20 is-adapted to rest the pivoted barmemher 10 and said bar-member is held against displacement from between the fina 18., which comprises a pair of arms, or fine gersl9 and 20. Between these fingers 19 screw-threaded aperture 23, in which is:

adapted to. be threaded the screw-threaded dependin portion 24 of the link-'connectin end25,w ich. is provided with a bifurcate upper end 26. In the bifurcated end 26 is adapted to, be positioned the slotted end 27 The link-member 28 is held. in the bifurcated upper end by through the slot31 of the link- 28.

Ad'a ted to he -secured. tofthe springs of;

the. ve icl e; are journal Ibrackets.,32, I which .can be tightly clamped are adapted to support the lamp-supporting rod 33. The brackets 32 comprise a sleeve portion 34 and laterally extending cars 35. Adapted to be secured to the opposite side of the springs, are link-members 36, and the laterally-extending portions 35 and linkmembers 36 are connected, at their outer ends, by means of bolts 37, and it will be readily seen that the journal-members 32 upon the springs. To the lower end of the lamp-supporting member 33 is pivotally secured the inner end 29 lamp-supporting member 33 and intermediate the ends thereof is a collar 37*, which is adapted to rest upon the upper end of the sleeve portion 34 of the upper journal bracket 32 and thereby prevent the supporting-member 33 from slipping through the journal 34. The collar 37* is held upon the lamp-supportingmember 33 by means of a screw, or bolt, 38, which passes through the collar 37 and engages the supporting-mem ber 33.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that, as soon as the guidingmember 3 is swung, or shifted, the bracket 11, which is firmly clamped thereby will also be moved in the direction, in which the guiding-member 3 is swung and the pivoted bar-member 10 will also be swung upon its pivot through the medium of the guiding-bolt 15 and the lamp-support will also be rotated for the reason thatthe outer end 22 ofthe bar-member 10 will be. swung and as the same is swung the laiiip supporting rod 33 will be rotated through the medium of the link-connection 28. As the bar-member 10 is swung the member 25 will be allowed to rotate, and, therefore, prevent the twisting of the link-member 28, which would, undoubtedly, occur if said member 25 were not'allowed to rotate. The member 25 is not threaded all the way into the aperture 23 and is, preferably, only part the way threaded therein, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to allow the member 25 to readily rotate.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described the combination with an axle, and a guidingmember, of a bracket carried by said guiding-member and comprising a primary and an auxiliarysection, said primary section provided with an upwardly-extending angularly-disposed portion, a pivoted barmember, asupporting bolt'secured to the outer end of said bracket and supporting said pivoted bar-member for swinging the same when said guiding-member is actuated.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a guiding-member, of a bar-member, a bolt-member provided with an upwardly-extending end comprising a plurality of fingers, said bar-member adaptof the link-member 28. Upon the combination with ed to be positioned between said fingers, and

means passing through the outer end of said fingers for preventing the displacement of said bar member from between said fingers.

In a device of the class described the an axle, a guiding-memher, and alamp support, of a bar-member provided with an upwardly-extending outer end having a threaded aperture formed therein, and means threadedinto said aper ture and connected to saidlamp-supporting means for swinging the same when said bar member is actuated.

4. In a device of the class described the combination with an axle, and a guidingmember, of a pivoted bar-member connected to said axle and said guiding member, a lamp support, means adapted to secure said lamp support to a support, and means adjustably connecting one end of said pivoted baranember to said lamp-support for rotating said lamp-support when said bar-member is swung.

5. In a device of the class described the combination with an axle and guiding-member, of a pivoted bar-member connected to said axle and said guiding-member, said bar-member provided with a detachable bifurcated outer end, a lamp support, a link pivotally secured tosaid lamp support, said link provided with a longitudinally-extending slot and said slotted portion of said link adapted to be positioned in said bifurcated .end, and means passing through said bifurcated end and said slot of said link for ad-' justably connecting the lamp, support to the outer end of said pivoted bar-member for automatically rotating the said lamp support when said guiding-member is actuated.

(3. In a device of the class described the combination with a support, journal brackets secured to said supportand provided with a sleeve portion and a plurality of laterally-extending cars, a lamp support journaled in said sleeve formed upon said lamp-support and engaging said sleeve for holding said lamp-support against longitudinal movement in one direction upon said journal brackets, and means connected to the lower end of said lamp-supportfor automatically rotating the same.

7. In a device of the class described the combination with an axle and a guiding member, of a. lamp support, a bar member provided with an ,upwardly-extending outer end, a linkconnecting end rotatably mounted upon said upwardly-ext ending end of said bar member, means engaging said lam support and said linkconnecting end ans adapted to rotate said lamp support when said bar member is swung.

8. In a device of the class described the combination with an axle, a guiding memportions, means her, a bar member pivotally mounted upon said bar member and guide means are 10 said axle, clamp means engaging said guide swung. member, means carried-byfsaid clamp means i In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my and engaging said barmember near the i signature in presence of two Witnesses.

outer edge thereof'and adapted to swing the same when said guide means is shifted, a I WILLIAM HENRY LONNE' lamp support, and means engaging said \Vitnesses: lamp support and said bar member and JOHN J. SOLAN,

adapted to actuate said lamp support when JOSEPH V. SOLAN. 

